PRICE REDUCED $15,000!! This is a gorgeous 1925 Rolls-Royce
Springfield Silver Ghost Pall Mall Phaeton that has been shown at
Europe's leading concours event at Villa d'Este as well as
participating on many tours. With a known history from new, donning
its original beautiful phaeton coachwork and engine, this is a no
excuses Silver Ghost that can be enjoyed on tours or at concours
events. Being a later LHD Ghost, this benefits from the more
advanced technology and has been set up well for reliable touring.
Silver Ghosts are without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable and
impreive motorcars of the period and this example doesn't
disappoint. According to the factory records, S138MK was delivered
new with its Merrimac built Pall Mall phaeton body number M-1244.
The body plate is still on the Rolls and is shown in the photo
gallery along with the 200 photos. Engine number 22564 was
installed and is still in the Rolls today, the engine number is
also shown in the photo gallery. S138MK was originally delivered to
Houston and used as the Rolls-Royce Trials Car on June 30, 1925. By
May 14, 1928, S138MK had found its first owner, Mr. Paul E. Zehe,
where it was delivered to his sprawling estate in New Rochelle, NY.
Mr. Zehe enjoyed the Rolls for the next 16 years until it was
acquired by Mr. Thomas A Herbert of NYC and then to Lawrence Dame,
the Art Editor of The Boston Herald. S138MK's next caretaker was
Mr. Thomas Petzold of Groe Pointe Park, MI and Palm Beach, FL. Mr.
Petzold acquired the Pall Mall on February 11, 1954 and enjoyed it
for the next 24 years until it was acquired by Michael Gertner,
Esq. of Newport Beach, CA. Mr. Gertner entered into the 1979 RROC
Annual Meeting concours in Monterey, CA where it earned a place
award. The Rolls had accumulated about 75,000 miles from new. Mr.
Gertner continued to restore and improve the Ghost through his 13
years of ownership until it was acquired by Walter Steinemann of
Morschwil, Switzerland. Mr. Steinemann was a longtime RREC board
member and was the editor of the highly acclaimed "Alpine Eagle"
magazine. He had about 27 Rolls-Royces and Bentleys in his
collection. In 2007, Mr. Steinemann entered the Ghost in the 1,000
mile 7E RAID tour from Switzerland to Paris. The Ghost performed
beautifully. By 2009, Mr. Steinemann entered S138MK in the Concours
D'Elegance at Villa d'Este, arguably Europe's most prestigious
concours event. The link to his entry is here: Rolls-Royce Silver
Ghost | Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este
(concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com) From Klaus-Josef Rofeldt in
Germany: "Apart from photos of S138MK that occasionally appeared in
'Alpine Eagle', the magazine of the Swi Section of the RREC this
particular car is shown repeatedly (e.g. pages 4 and 6) in the book
"Faszination auf Rdern - Rolls-Royce & Bentley" >>Fascination
on Wheels - RR & Bentley by Walter Steinemann, Moerschwil,
Switzerland. The book was published in 2002 as a limited edition
with a print-run of 1,500 copies. Walter Steinemann devoted pages
84 and 85 of his book to show 5 further photos of what obviously
has been one of his favorite motor cars. A further photo is found
page 373. Walter Steinemann had another book "Rolls-Royce - Der
beste Wagen der Welt" published in 1990, too. That was of smaller
size with only 80 pages and merely B&W photos were shown. My
check showed two photos of S138MK did appear in that tome, page
13." The livery is finished in a beautiful Dove Gray that is
complemented by all nickel-plated acceories, lights and the iconic
Rolls-Royce Grill. The Dove Gray is accented with red and a double
black coachstripe that runs the length of the Ghost. The paint has
a wonderful shine and luster. There is a small amount of damage
near the paenger side front fender near the side mount spare that
can easily be corrected. The wire spoke wheels are painted red to
mirror the beautiful red leather interior and are donned with now
nearly ancient wide white walled tires ready to be replaced with
new black walled tires (we were so tempted to replace them with
black walled tires but decided to let the new owner do so). The
black canvas convertible top looks handsome and is in excellent
condition. The Ghost is well acceorized with two tonneau covers,
one for the rear paenger's compartment and one for the driver's
compartment. These are crucial for touring as it allows you to pile
in the luggage and ancillary articles on tours. The rear has the
luggage rack with its original trunk that contains two trays full
of Rolls-Royce tools, the wheel wrench, hammer and spares. The
luggage trunk has a black canvas cover. The Boush & Lomb Optical
Co. headlight lenses are perfect and look terrific. The interior is
highlighted with its beautiful red leather which looks as new. It
is soft and supple and is comfortable and tight fitting. The
matching red Wilton wool carpeting also looks great and matches
perfectly the leather. The interior overall is gorgeous and in
excellent condition. The dashboard is very original, and all of the
instruments and gauges work as expected except the clock. The
speedometer is set to kph presently as an overlay over the original
mph. The wood graining on the dash could be refinished. It is well
oiled, but the graining is heavy. We show numerous photos in the
photo gallery. The engine compartment is gorgeous. The venerable
and maive 7.4-liter six-cylinder engine is very quiet and has
incredible oil preure of 22-25 pounds. The operating temperature
was fantastic, ranging from 140 to 160 degrees, in 95 degrees
Fahrenheit ambient temperature here in Phoenix! All of the
instruments work well except the clock. We show about six miles of
touring in the Ghost in our test drive videos, all performed in
95-degree weather. This Ghost has been well set up for touring.
Most of the chais lubrication fittings have been replaced with
modern Zirk fittings to make lubrication easy. It has also been
fitted with front and rear turn signals and additional lighting.
Luckily, being a late LHD Springfield chais, this Ghost has a
centralized lubrication system that makes normal use ten times
easier than an older Ghost. Included in the trunk are the wheel
wrench, proper lubrication syringe, hammer, spare spark plugs and
two full trays of period tools. We have this Silver Ghost priced
very fairly. This is a very rare occasion to have a repatriated
Ghost reenter the US market after such esteemed existence. She
comes complete with the spirit of ecstasy mascot as well as the
parking cap. Also included is the owner's manual specifically for
the LHD Springfield Silver Ghost and the two tonneau covers, tools
and spares mentioned earlier. For more information and details,
please call or text Harry Clark at 1.602.245.7200 or email us at
[email protected]. The Ghost is available for inspection at
our Phoenix showroom. We are pleased to offer FaceTime or WhatsApp
live video inspections and we help coordinate shipping worldwide.
We also have financing partners if you are interested in financing.
